Jeb Bush never stood a chance against Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, despite what the early polls may have suggested.

Now, a pro-Jeb! PAC is in deep.

The super PAC has been hit with the third largest fine in FEC history for accepting illegal contributions from a Chinese corporation.

HUGE: @FEC has levied its biggest fine since Citizens United & 3rd largest in history after investigation found pro-Jeb! Bush super PAC Right to Rise illegally took $1.3 million donation from Chinese-owned corporation—breaking federal law barring foreign interference in elections pic.twitter.com/qujTg9ZI0n

The Federal Election Commission on Monday doled out $940,000 in fines to the super PAC that backed Jeb Bush’s 2016 presidential bid and a Chinese-owned corporation that made illegal donations to it.

The unusually large FEC fines came after the commission found evidence Bush’s super PAC took money from a foreign national, which is prohibited under federal election law. The super PAC, Right to Rise, was fined $390,000 for the violation, while the FEC gave an additional $550,000 fine to American Pacific International Capital, Inc. The company had donated $1.3 million to Bush’s super PAC in the spring of 2015, as Bush was gearing up for a run for president.

“Today’s action is a rare and remarkable step by the FEC, and a reminder that safeguarding our elections against foreign interference is in America’s vital national security interests,” said Trevor Potter, president of the Campaign Legal Center, which filed a complaint about the donations in August 2016 to the FEC. “This illegal $1.3 million contribution is unmistakable proof that Citizens United opened the floodgates to foreign money in the U.S., and it is surely the tip of the iceberg.”

Trump gave a rousing speech at CPAC on Saturday that had conservatives cheering.

One quote about signing a new executive order on free speech, though, sent a stark warning to liberal American colleges.

President Trump announced Saturday he intends to sign an executive order mandating colleges and universities take steps to guarantee free speech to attain federal research grants.

Trump: “We reject oppressive speech codes, censorship, political correctness and every other attempt by the hard left to stop people from challenging ridiculous and dangerous ideas. These ideas are dangerous. Instead we believe in free speech, including online and including on campus.”

Trump: “Today I’m proud to announce that I will be very soon signing an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal research grants.”

The announcement came after he brought Hayden Williams on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Williams is a conservative activist who was punched in the face at the University of California at Berkeley last month while assisting the university’s chapter of the right-wing group Turning Point USA.

Trump sent this tweet back in February:

If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view – NO FEDERAL FUNDS?

If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view – NO FEDERAL FUNDS?

Video: George Floyd Protesters Demand Cop Kneel Before Them, But He Refuses

NBA legend Kobe Bryant’s death in January set us up for one of the craziest year’s in a long, long time. And to think, it’s not even halfway through! Think about it: Kobe died; Australia was set ablaze; Kim Jong-un died and came back to life; a friggin’ pandemic; murder hornets; riots; Yellowstone earthquakes; all in an election year. Now, protesters are demanding cops kneel? WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF6rz3OscmM&feature=emb_title Here’s some protest randomness, via Twitter… https://twitter.com/RTNBA/status/1269479622208520193 https://twitter.com/LeahR77/status/1269469533443588096 https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1269480307817938944 https://twitter.com/altforbail/status/1269473871960444928 https://twitter.com/morethanmySLE/status/1269473218433253378 https://twitter.com/morethanmySLE/status/1269469441106087938 https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1269476439059030017 https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1269473434351910913 https://twitter.com/morethanmySLE/status/1269471489935519744

People are born leftists. It takes decades of liberal indoctrination in schools, on TV, and in the home for a person to turn out this way. Sad sight, to be sure. Check out these white BLM activists going after a black police officer. WATCH: https://twitter.com/jada_479/status/1268397723885154306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1268397723885154306&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.weaselzippers.us%2F WATCH: https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/1267737942811791360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1267737942811791360&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2020%2F06%2Fblack-lives-matter-thug-forces-white-woman-get-knees-apologize-white-privilege-video%2F From TDW: In a video posted Monday, documentary filmmaker Ami Horowitz went to the heart of the violent rioting in Minneapolis and spoke to the protesters. “The media narrative has been that the protesters and the violence are distinct,” Horowitz prefaced the video, “but the vast majority of protesters that I spoke to, went out of their way to justify, in a non-socially distanced way, the anarchic orgy of violence.” WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR4k2dbNaHQ&feature=emb_title More riot madness, via Twitter… https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1267970413117702144 https://twitter.com/sonofarinze/status/1267967746656124928 https://twitter.com/protest_nyc/status/1267970733919154177 https://twitter.com/edsbs/status/1267969462323609600 https://twitter.com/USAProtests/status/1267968072666755072